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Will Ferrell was named Titan of Culture and Lisa Kudrow received the Lifetime of Culture honor at the 2026 Las Culturistas Culture Awards on Bravo, a two-hour celebration blending humor, tributes and music as Ciara Miller accepted the Allison Williams Cool Girl Award and performers like Megan Stalter, Rachel Zegler, Pikachu, and Mandy Moore took the stage.
A roundup of entertainment news: Romy and Michele's High School Reunion is getting a sequel that will stream on Hulu, reuniting Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino with Tim Federle directing and several original cast members returning. The piece also covers Madonna's Confessions II project, box-office updates for Scary Movie, and Bowen Yang’s return decisions for Saturday Night Live.
Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino are returning as Romy and Michele in a 20th Century Studios sequel, now shooting in Los Angeles and headed for streaming on Hulu (with Disney+ bundles internationally). Tim Federle directs; Robin Schiff returns to write; Laurence Mark produces. Returning cast includes Janeane Garofalo, Alan Cumming, Camryn Manheim and Julia Campbell, with new additions Keegan-Michael Key, Rob Huebel, Breckin Meyer, Patrick Warburton and Nathan Lee Graham. The project is a long-awaited follow-up to the 1997 film, though plot details are being kept under wraps and a release date hasn’t been announced.
Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow are in production on a Romy and Michele sequel, a 20th Century Studios film that will stream on Hulu (Disney+ bundle in the U.S. and internationally). Tim Federle directs, Robin Schiff writes, with returning cast members and new stars including Keegan-Michael Key and Patrick Warburton; Sorvino, Kudrow, Schiff and Laurence Mark exec-produce.
Aniston and Kudrow recalled crack-ups on the Friends set for Variety's Actors on Actors, highlighting Ross’s bagpipes scene at Monica and Chandler’s wedding and Joey’s oyster gag as standout funny moments; Kudrow also admitted she used to crack up easily and now binges the show.
Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow reminisce about Friends at a reunion interview, recalling Stage 24 memories, discussing Kudrow’s The Comeback, and weighing AI’s impact on TV, while hinting at a possible future project with Courteney Cox.
The Hollywood Reporter’s Comedy Actresses Emmy Roundtable gathers Keke Palmer, Lisa Kudrow, Quinta Brunson, Rachel Sennott, Hannah Einbinder, and Ashley Padilla at The Georgian Hotel to swap stories about auditions, bombing, social media feedback, and navigating a high‑pressure, highly visible industry. They discuss staying true to their comedic voices, the impact of publicists and labels, the differences between improv and stand‑up, and the evolving landscape for women in comedy—from Groundlings to network TV—emphasizing mentorship, collaboration, and resilience over rivalry.
THR’s Daniel Fienberg frames The Comeback finale as a bittersweet meditation on AI’s threat to writers, showing Valerie Cherish’s on-set resilience and a hopeful note for the show’s future while confirming the finale (and The Comeback itself) wasn’t AI-written.
Lisa Kudrow says Valerie Cherish’s finale of The Comeback felt “absolutely true,” emphasizing how Valerie survives by spinning her reality and adapting rather than feeling humiliated. She highlights the meta moment of viewing Valerie through Jane’s lens, the AI-driven plot and the studio betrayal over Valerie’s digital likeness, and the full-circle arcs with Juna Milken and the ensemble. Kudrow also reflects on how her Friends experience informs Valerie, notes her real-life connection to the cast (including her son Julian Stern’s involvement), and hints at a Romy & Michele sequel. The Comeback streams on HBO Max.
The Comeback, HBO’s final season featuring Lisa Kudrow’s Valerie Cherish, stands out for its unflinching portrayal of pursuing work: the effort, the humiliation, the risks and the price of success, challenging the clichéd 'don’t quit' narrative with a realistic look at the trade-offs of ambition.
Lisa Kudrow says she felt like the ‘sixth Friend’ and overlooked next to the show's bigger stars, triggering backlash from co-stars and rumors she might be cut from Jennifer Aniston’s wedding to Jim Curtis; Kudrow later revealed the cast earns about $20 million per year in residuals, a fact that has drawn further scrutiny and upset among former colleagues.
Lisa Kudrow bluntly weighs in on the Ross-and-Rachel “on a break” debate during The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, calling Ross a horrible boyfriend and saying Rachel shouldn’t have gotten back with him, while also reflecting on the tense, sometimes brutal dynamics faced by Friends’ female stars behind the scenes.
Lisa Kudrow says she and the Friends cast continue to earn about $20 million per year in residuals from the NBC sitcom that premiered in 1994. The show’s enduring popularity—topped by massive weekly viewership and a finale with tens of millions watching—has kept the payouts coming into the present. Kudrow hadn’t watched the series until after Matthew Perry’s death in 2023, and she shared behind‑the‑scenes anecdotes about the show and its cast during recent interviews.
Lisa Kudrow reportedly revealed that the core Friends cast still earns about $20 million per year in residuals, a disclosure that upset co-stars who have long avoided discussing money; the six stars negotiated $1 million per episode for the final two seasons in 2002, and the show ended in 2004, with the late Matthew Perry among the cast.
Lisa Kudrow tells The Times the Friends writers room, already mostly men, was often cruel to the show’s female stars, with belittling comments like “Can’t the bitch read?” and late‑night talks about sexual fantasies involving Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox. She notes the environment was brutal but integral to the show’s writing, a pattern echoed by past harassment claims connected to the production, including Amaani Lyle’s case and a California Supreme Court ruling.